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Sunday, November 15, 2015

BJ's Grand Illusion

BJ chose not to make this scrappy but to use some beautiful fabrics that had been aging in her stash!

I love it, the corners of the block actually look like rosebuds but it looks very different to the original Bonnie colors and the planned scrappy version.

I wanted to quilt a rose sort of motif but BJ does not like close quilting so I came up with this version of a freehand flower and leaf which she approved!

The backing looks like a solid from a distance.

BJ now has time to get it bound to show off at the next Quiltville mystery quilt kick-off November 28th. The Boy found a way to wrap himself up in it when BJ came to collect the quilt, he loves quilts just as well his Grandnanna is a quilter!

I finished up the last of the three Christmas gifts I cannot show yet and also this gift that I can show! I tried unsuccessfully to upload a video of the lights flashing, I often seem to have issues getting videos to post on the blog.

5 comments:

Thank You So Much Roslyn, Beautiful Job, I love the Flowers and it Love the Red Thread!!!! :) I can hardly wait to get it bound :) Love the Wall Hanging Too, the picture really doesn't do justice to all the thread work you did

The red thread turned out more subtle than I expected I was a little concerned it might be too busy and overwhelm the fabrics but using a finer (50wt) thread helped. I really like the non scrappy look so I think I will follow your lead BJ with BH mysteries and use regular yardage in future. And you were able to use those gorgeous fabrics an added bonus!There is a lot of thread work on the panel in fact several hours worth and yes these panels each came with the sets of LED lights . I hope our patriotic nephew will enjoy it!RoslynXxx

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Australian by birth, now American by choice. We have four sons, one we miss now spends eternity with the Lord.
We are blessed to have three grandsons, a beautiful great granddaughter and a 4 legged furry "child".
Located in Arizona we have a "sometime" home in the San Juan mountains of Colorado.
I am a "longarm" quilter, and a contributor to the Quilts Of Valor program for our Wounded Warriors.